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Mark Cuban talks about prejudice

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Mark Cuban of Dallas Mavericks discusses own prejudices, how he handles them - ESPN Dallas
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, attempting to make a nuanced point about society's challenges dealing with racism, acknowledged having his own "prejudices and bigotries" during an interview with Inc. magazine that has gone viral.

"In this day and age, this country has really come a long way putting any type of bigotry behind us, regardless of who it's toward," Cuban said Wednesday. "We've come a long way, and with that progress comes a price. We're a lot more vigilant and we're a lot less tolerant of different views, and it's not necessarily easy for everybody to adapt or evolve.

"I mean, we're all prejudiced in one way or another. If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face -- white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere -- I'm walking back to the other side of the street. And the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of. So in my businesses, I try not to be hypocritical. I know that I'm not perfect. I know that I live in a glass house, and it's not appropriate for me to throw stones."

And......here we go.

Here come the lazy victim-card addicts running for another dose of "my life is a disaster because of rich white men."

Cuban is 1000 percent right, but he's getting skewered. These days, we turn the Trayvons and Rodney Kings into little angels for the purpose of hanging white men from the closest tree.

Now, Cuban's our new Racist for the Day. I'm sure Donald Sterling is grateful for him taking the baton.

White people just need to learn to live with double standards and shut the hell up.
 
Mark Cuban of Dallas Mavericks discusses own prejudices, how he handles them - ESPN Dallas


And......here we go.

Here come the lazy victim-card addicts running for another dose of "my life is a disaster because of rich white men."

Cuban is 1000 percent right, but he's getting skewered. These days, we turn the Trayvons and Rodney Kings into little angels for the purpose of hanging white men from the closest tree.

Now, Cuban's our new Racist for the Day. I'm sure Donald Sterling is grateful for him taking the baton.

White people just need to learn to live with double standards and shut the hell up.

I fail to see anything racist about what he said. I guess we aren't allowed to mention color. What a joke. He'll survive. And, frankly, I doubt that he gives two ****s.

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I do have to say, though, that if I'm out walking at night and see a black kid with a hoodie on, I'm probably not going to cross the street. But I understand the point he was trying to make.
 
I fail to see anything racist about what he said. I guess we aren't allowed to mention color. What a joke. He'll survive. And, frankly, I doubt that he gives two ****s.

Edit:

I do have to say, though, that if I'm out walking at night and see a black kid with a hoodie on, I'm probably not going to cross the street. But I understand the point he was trying to make.

Depends on the street, I imagine.
 
Cuban is an idiot that don't know when to keep his mouth shut.
 
Mark Cuban of Dallas Mavericks discusses own prejudices, how he handles them - ESPN Dallas


And......here we go.

Here come the lazy victim-card addicts running for another dose of "my life is a disaster because of rich white men."

Cuban is 1000 percent right, but he's getting skewered. These days, we turn the Trayvons and Rodney Kings into little angels for the purpose of hanging white men from the closest tree.

Now, Cuban's our new Racist for the Day. I'm sure Donald Sterling is grateful for him taking the baton.

White people just need to learn to live with double standards and shut the hell up.

Any support for your claim that Cuban is being attacked by anything more than a few nutsacks on the internet?

It looks like the majority are saying his remarks are reasonable albeit a bit clumsy
 
Any support for your claim that Cuban is being attacked by anything more than a few nutsacks on the internet?

It looks like the majority are saying his remarks are reasonable albeit a bit clumsy

He's being trashed by black sports journalists this morning.

Here's one: https://twitter.com/bomani_jones

Cuban is concerned about the slippery slope of forcing someone to sell their business over comments made privately in their own home.
 
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I do have to say, though, that if I'm out walking at night and see a black kid with a hoodie on, I'm probably not going to cross the street. But I understand the point he was trying to make.

If I am out walking at night, alone, and I see just about any male, any color, any clothes, I am probably going to cross the street. Not because of prejudice, but because I am a small older middle-aged woman, and just about any man is going to be my superior, when it comes to physical strength.
 
He's being trashed by black sports journalists this morning.

Here's one: https://twitter.com/bomani_jones

Cuban is concerned about the slippery slope of forcing someone to sell their business over comments made privately in their own home.

Bomani Jones? :lamo

How horrible!! Everyone knows that once Bomani Jones (ie some guy with a Twitter account) targets you, you're history!!
 
If I am out walking at night, alone, and I see just about any male, any color, any clothes, I am probably going to cross the street. Not because of prejudice, but because I am a small older middle-aged woman, and just about any man is going to be my superior, when it comes to physical strength.

That's prejudiced.
 
He's being trashed by black sports journalists this morning.

Here's one: https://twitter.com/bomani_jones

Cuban is concerned about the slippery slope of forcing someone to sell their business over comments made privately in their own home.

nope you are wrong:

Bomani Jones ‏@bomani_jones 2m
i NEVER said he was racist RT @ryan_fatula: do you think he's racist or just pointed out important deep rooted societal issues?
 
What's crossing a street going to do for you? Seriously if someone has an intention to harm you a road between the two of you isn't going to do much to stop him.
 
Bomani Jones? :lamo

How horrible!! Everyone knows that once Bomani Jones (ie some guy with a Twitter account) targets you, you're history!!

He has a very successful radio show with Dan LeBetard on ESPN and Sirius XM, along witih 176,000 followers on Twitter.
 
Don't be confused just because he is rich. He is always letting his mouth get him in trouble.

I watch him on Shark Tank. He's actually brilliant. He's in a business where his mouth is his PR firm. I'd be interested to see quotes that have gotten him in trouble. I doubt his definition of "in trouble" agrees with yours.
 
nope you are wrong:

Bomani Jones ‏@bomani_jones 2m
i NEVER said he was racist RT @ryan_fatula: do you think he's racist or just pointed out important deep rooted societal issues?

Then why did Cuban and he have it out on Twitter?

He's just backing down now.
 
He has a very successful radio show with Dan LeBetard on ESPN and Sirius XM, along witih 176,000 followers on Twitter.

And from the looks of it, his 176K followers aren't attacking Cuban for being a racist and neither did Bomani.

http://www.danpatrick.com/2014/05/22/bomani-jones/
“People have come to a conclusion that Mark Cuban is a racist,” Jones said, “which is certainly not true.

Jones also said he appreciated what Cuban said: “I do think, however, him copping to bias is important.”
Jones thinks that was a message that we needed to have after the Donald Sterling scandal. “I appreciated Cuban saying we have our own things to deal with,” Jones said.

Jones, however, had an issue with the comments that make black people seem “scary.”
 
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Then why did Cuban and he have it out on Twitter?

He's just backing down now.

can you show what the hell you are talking about.
 
Don't be confused just because he is rich. He is always letting his mouth get him in trouble.

no he is a straight shooter and people don't like straight shooters. he only tells it like it is and people don't want to hear that.
nothing he said was wrong or out of line.
 
It's amazing how people imagine successful billionaires idiots? I can't stand obummer but I wouldn't call him an idiot. I use to laugh at those who thought W was dumb....so dumb he beat gore and Kerry but then I guess they must be real idiots?

Cuban is an iconic character likely to take the mantle from trump as one people look up to as a model of success in our country.


Cuban is an idiot that don't know when to keep his mouth shut.
 
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